# 本事 (běnshi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 本事 (běnshi) means “ability; skill”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: ability; skill
- Pinyin: běnshi (ben3 shi5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Other readings: běnshì — source material; original story

## Examples

- 他有本事自己解决这个问题。
  Tā yǒu běnshi zìjǐ jiějué zhège wèntí.
  He has the ability to solve this problem by himself.

## Characters

- [本](https://hanziro.com/word/ben-books/) (běn): (measure word) for books
- [事](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-matter/) (shì): matter; thing

https://hanziro.com/word/ben-shi-ability/

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